at Bruce Ave., and Bridgeport Transportation Center. Sunday travel to Derby Railroad Station, Boston Ave. starts at Bridgeport Transportation Center. Sunday travel to Bridgeport Transportation Center starts at Derby Railroad Station and Boston Ave. at Opposite Bruce Ave.“That’s all I know, and I can’t attribute it to anything,” he said. The drivers are represented by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1336.
He cited problems between GBT and its drivers, including “worsening working conditions, such as route scheduling, ability to have time for bathroom breaks, hostile supervisors, heavyhanded discipline and the ongoing poor treatment of the workforce” as well as “the lack of racial diversity in their senior management team.” “This action was neither conducted, nor condoned, by ATU Local 1336.”īut Salahuddin did not rule out the possibility that the sick days were “some kind of concerted effort by the workforce.” have been made aware that a number of GBTA workers called out sick today,” ATU Local 1336 President Mustafa S. With shorthanded staffing, Holcomb said the transit district was “doing the best we can” to provide service Thursday. GBT pulled back from the less-traveled suburban routes to concentrate on core routes that run along Route 1, Main Street, Park Avenue and Madison Avenue. “It’s somewhat similar to the schedule that we might have in a hurricane or a snowstorm,” Holcomb said. GBT also offered a website apology to riders.
“We are sorry for the major delays in service today,” the website Friday message said. “Unfortunately, we have experienced an extraordinarily high number of drivers unable to report to work today because of illness.”Īt the bus terminal on Water Street, about 80 people could be seen at mid-morning, waiting for buses. The crowd was larger earlier in the morning, but many may have given up or found some other way to their destinations.
Some riders waiting at the terminal were sympathetic to the drivers. Some of the longest running high school football rivalries in the country are right here in Connecticut, many of which are played on Thanksgiving. “They don’t get a decent lunch break or anything.” “They need to give them more money,” said nurse’s aide Lulu Jacobs, who said she was waiting for more than an hour for the No. “They barely have a chance to go to the bathroom - and then they have to deal with some difficult people,” she said.Ĭlaudia Stegman said she was was hoping to catch the No. 8 bus, which travels up and down Main Street, for a dentist appointment. “Usually, there’s (a bus) every 10 or 15 minutes, but not today.” “I’ve been here for an hour and 40 minutes,” she said. Particularly hard-hit were students trying to attend their first day of school.
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